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MEN’S 10 Signs You Need To Upgrade Your Appearance R ising up the ranks but your style's still stuck at entry level? Chances are you've been so focused on running the rat race as fast as possible that you forgot to cop a couple of glances in a mirror along the way. The result: a summer intern is showing you up in the shoe department, you have bigger bags under your eyes than the head honcho himself, and date night doesn't seem to finish with fireworks anymore. So, slow down and size yourself up. We're about to kick your look into high gear. A suit in your closet has three or more buttons Over the years, three-button suits have waxed and waned in wearability. Aside from handsome Neapolitanstyle sport coats where a third button is barely visible from underneath a gently rolled lapel, buttons in excess of three should be considered extinct. The two-button suit is the standard n